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Irena's children : a true story of courage by Tilar J. Mazzeo Book
Book | Young readers edition. | Margaret K. McElderry, New York : [2016]

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  • 2 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
  • 1 of 1 Copy Available at West Lincoln Public Library
  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Branch Call Number Location Holdable? Status
Caistorville J 940.53 MAZ Nonfiction Copy hold / Volume hold Available
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From New York Times bestselling author Tilar Mazzeo comes the extraordinary and long forgotten story of Irena Sendler the female Oskar Schindler who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II now adapted for a younger audience.
Details

  • ISBN: 9781481449915
  • ISBN: 1481449915
  • Physical Description: xiv, 257 p. : black and white ill. ; 22 cm.print
  • Edition: Young readers edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Margaret K. McElderry, [2016]
  • General Note: Young reader's edition of: Irena's children :the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto / Tilar J. Mazzeo. New York : Gallery Books, 2016.
  • Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Prologue -- War -- Occupation -- Resistance -- Segregated and isolated -- Life in the ghetto -- Raising the stakes -- Expanding operations -- Rumors -- Deportation -- Selektions -- Time running out -- Crisis -- Toward the precipice -- The ghetto uprising --Gestapo raid -- Pawiak Prison -- Execution -- Irena goes underground -- After the war.
  • Target Audience Note:
    5678 Childrens Plus, Inc.

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